Estate agents get business rates holiday for a year
Left out of the original Coronavirus Business Rates exemption scheme, the Government has now confirmed that estate agents with rateable properties will not have to pay any Business Rates for a year from 1st April.
Optimism returns to the property industry – but estate agents are looking to diversify
Key findings from Zoopla's annual "State of the Property Nation" include a marked upswing in estate agencies' sentiment, but there's continued uncertainty over the political situation.
Estate agents look to self-employment as a route into prime markets
"Many thought that the Covid-19 pandemic and financial uncertainty would lessen the appeal of a self-employment model," says Fine & Country boss Nicky Stevenson, but "it seems that it is having the opposite…
Estate agents are shifting their digital spend away from portals
Estate agents' digital spend has rocketed by 495% in a year, says a leading industry supplier, as more agencies are "starting to transfer their spend from portals and their high street offices to growing…
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